Kismayo
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Place details
- Locality
- Kismaayo كيسمايو
- Region
- Jubbada Hoose جوبا السفلى
- Country
- Soomaaliya الصومال
- Population
- 234,852
- Timezone
- Africa/Mogadishu
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Kismayo
- Settlement.native_name
- Kismaayo, 𐒏𐒘𐒈𐒑𐒛𐒕𐒙 ''''
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kismayo.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Overview of Kismayo
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Somalia#Horn of Africa#Africa
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Somalia##Location within the Horn of Africa##Location within Africa
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Regional State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Lower Juba
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- port city
- Official name
- Kismaayo
- Country
- Somalia
- Located in
- Kismayo District
- Official language
- Swahili
- Population
- +166667
- Area
- +42
- Elevation
- +0
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Jubaland
- Shares border with
- Indian Ocean
Article
21 sectionsContents
- Demographics
- History
- Antiquity
- Middle Ages and the early modern period
- Colonial Era
- Somali Civil War
- Geography
- Location
- Climate
- Government
- Districts
- Education
- Economy
- Transportation
- Airport
- Roads
- Seaport
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
- External links
Kismayo (, 𐒏𐒘𐒈𐒑𐒛𐒕𐒙) is a port city in the southern Lower Juba (Jubbada Hoose) province of Somalia. It is the de facto capital of the autonomous Jubaland region.
The city is situated southwest of the capital Mogadishu, near the mouth of the Jubba River, where it empties into the Indian Ocean. According to the United Nations Development Programme, the city of Kismayo had a population of around 89,333 in 2005.